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Advanced Rules for Competitive Players

Home Team Heroes Rulebooks

Whether you're playing your very first match or diving into competitive play with custom decks, this is your go-to hub for everything you need to know about the rules of Home Team Heroes.

News

Latest rulebook update (v2.1) 8.9.2025:

- Terminology to align with UK English standards.
(e.g. Offence/Defence Points ➡️ Attack/Defence Power)
- Balance update to competitive play in Advanced Rules:
Gegenpressing is now unlimited, but requires one unused
Subsitute Card to be discarded.

📘Starter Rulebook

For your first matches learning the basics or using one shared deck in Quick Matches.
Home Team Heroes football card game rulebook pages showing how to play, card types, and match rules. Football game with trading cards for two players
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📗 Advanced Rulebook

For competitive play with your own custom-built decks with full set of rules, including Gegenpress, Substitutions and Extra Time.
Advanced rulebook pages of Home Team Heroes football card game, featuring competitive match rules, advanced tactics, and tournament play guidelines
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🏆 Building Your Own Deck

You can find the complete guide and rules for building your own competitive deck on our Deckbuilding page.

❓ Rules Clarifications❓

Have questions about a specific rule, interaction, or card?
We’re happy to help, and your question might help others too!

📧 Please e-mail us at info@hometeamheroes.fi and we’ll answer your question, and add the clarification to this page for everyone to see.